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Original comic art from Gene Colan, Gill Kane, and Brian Bolland plus sports and political…
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on over the next couple of weeks:At New England Book…
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This week's Rare Book of the Week is more than a single book it's an entire pop-up secondhand bookshop sited in a 1935 Parisian bus which will be one of the many venues and attractions at this year's Ventnor Fringe on the Isle of Wight.
The typewriter that Cecil B. DeMille used for his 1914 movie The Squaw Man goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions tomorrow in its dedicated Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection auction.
The Woodland Trust has announced its Tree of the Year shortlist which features two examples that inspired Virginia Woolf and William Wordsworth.
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos by Travis ZadehA study of the influential 13th century encyclopedic natural history Wonders and Rarities by…
Highlights of Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts featuring Mystery & Detective Literature sale on July 24 include:* a complete run of Red Star Mystery (New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, June 1940 - Dec. 1940), a rare, short-lived mystery pulp starring Don Diavolo, the…
A new crime series starring Mark Gatiss as an antiquarian bookseller based in London's famous Cecil Court 'Booksellers' Row' zone will premiere next week.Emmy Award-winning writer, actor and comedian Gatiss - known for his television roles on Sherlock, Doctor Who, and Wolf Hall - plays the…
A new exhibition this summer will explore Charles Dickens's theatrical interests and the prolific retelling of his greatest stories on stage and screen.Running July 23 - 18 January 18, 2026, at the Charles Dickens Museum in London, Showtime! will show how Dickens was very…
A loan agreement has been agreed for the Bayeux Tapestry to come to the British Museum for display in 2026.In exchange, treasures from the British Museum including Sutton Hoo and the Lewis chess pieces will travel to museums in Normandy, France. The agreement was announced by UK Prime Minister Sir…
The publishing house and creative studio Hungry Minds has made its physical debut with its first pop-up shop in the heart of SoHo, New York, called The Book Store.Open until July 27 at 2 Rivington Street, the space is decked out to look like an old bookshop or a cabinet of curiosities, what Hungry…
Heritage Auctions' July 11–12 Concert Posters sale will feature posters for psychedelic art fans as well as followers of acts like The Doors, Otis Redding, Fleetwood Mac, and The Rolling Stones. "With most vintage concert posters, my estimate is that 99 percent of them were torn down and…
